Police Arrest Teenager with Food on Metro

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trains don't work, people get raped, real crime occurs - kid with food gets targeted


https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/metro-transit-police-arrest-teenager-for-carrying-chips-and-lollipop-into-station/2016/10/19/1360a014-9627-11e6-bb29-bf2701dbe0a3_story.html?hpid=hp_local-news_metro-635pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

Metro Transit Police are being criticized for excessive use of force after a video posted Tuesday showed an officer pushing and tripping a high school student, knocking her to the ground, after she refused to throw away a bag of potato chips and a lollipop.

The three-minute video, posted by a member of the District’s Black Lives Matter chapter, shows the 18-year-old in handcuffs, surrounded by three police officers, just outside the fare gates at Columbia Heights station.

Not eating on Metro is very clearly a rule. She was breaking the rule, and was belligerent with the officers when they asked her to comply.

What exactly do you propose they do?

NP. Because of racism, past and present, I would humbly suggest tailoring certain police procedures and case precedents to reflect the reality of profiling. For instance, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently ruled that African American men may lawfully flee from law enforcement in certain circumstances. Recognizing the inherent biases in our laws would be a good start.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trains don't work, people get raped, real crime occurs - kid with food gets targeted


https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/metro-transit-police-arrest-teenager-for-carrying-chips-and-lollipop-into-station/2016/10/19/1360a014-9627-11e6-bb29-bf2701dbe0a3_story.html?hpid=hp_local-news_metro-635pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

Metro Transit Police are being criticized for excessive use of force after a video posted Tuesday showed an officer pushing and tripping a high school student, knocking her to the ground, after she refused to throw away a bag of potato chips and a lollipop.

The three-minute video, posted by a member of the District’s Black Lives Matter chapter, shows the 18-year-old in handcuffs, surrounded by three police officers, just outside the fare gates at Columbia Heights station.

Not eating on Metro is very clearly a rule. She was breaking the rule, and was belligerent with the officers when they asked her to comply.

What exactly do you propose they do?

NP. Because of racism, past and present, I would humbly suggest tailoring certain police procedures and case precedents to reflect the reality of profiling. For instance, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently ruled that African American men may lawfully flee from law enforcement in certain circumstances. Recognizing the inherent biases in our laws would be a good start.

Oh give me a fucking break. You can flee anytime you want. Just prepare to be charged with it. You're an ignoramus with no understanding of the law. I hope these losers flee right into your bedroom. Don't bother to call the police when hey do.

[Anonymous]

Everyone wants to be real tough, the chip eater, the cops, the "it's the LAW!!!" commentators, everyone has grown a huge pair of balls and is looking out to teach someone a lesson.
We have become a mean, nasty, rough, tough-shit, society. Each to his own. But keep watching them tough guy movies and tv series, though. Yeah, yeah, its not Hollywood's fault, entertainment is not and in no way connected with social culture nor is there any reinforcing feedback into society.

[Anonymous]

I feel safer that this chip-eater is off the streets.

Now if they could only put forth that effort to catch those pesky rapists...

Also, I'd pay good money to see one of these cops tell the guy I ride Metro with every morning to toss his Starbucks coffee and muffin. This guy is a massive, massive ex-linebacker dude who always has his Venti NFSVL and muffin each morning. Or better yet, tell any business person, regardless of color, to toss their morning coffee and breakfast.

IDGAF if it's the "law" or not. I've been stuck on those trains too many times not to have an emergency bottle of water and food in my bag. Also, I never think twice about eating or drinking on the train. If a cop told me to throw my stuff away, I'd probably laugh in his face and get arrested. Like for real? How about you go look for the real criminals... the rapists, those attacking people for no reason, the thugs who hang out at the fare machines to grab money and run, etc. Food crumbs on those POS trains is the least of their worries. Did they even have one line that ran smoothly every morning last week or this week?

DC's new head guy seems great. Now he needs to bring in some help from NYC and Chicago to teach these idiots how to run a mass transportation system. First rule... don't buy trains with GD carpet!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd be curious to see what happened before all this. This only gives us a small picture but she clearly lacked judgement to give an attitude and continue to give one. I almost wonder if it was set up. The offer should not have kicked her down as she could have hurt herself falling down.

The police officers are acting extremely inappropriately to both the young woman and to observers. They should not have engaged. They are not behaving like you'd think real officers would when they are teasing and tormenting her.

It doesn't matter what happened before this. The fact is, the police would not have arrested an adult for the same offense. I've taken the Metro every single day for the past 12 years. I've never had a commute where at least a dozen people weren't eating. I've never seen anyone arrested or even chastised for this. I don't even think this was a POC issue; it was just a "there's a young person we can hassle" issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel safer that this chip-eater is off the streets.

Now if they could only put forth that effort to catch those pesky rapists...

Also, I'd pay good money to see one of these cops tell the guy I ride Metro with every morning to toss his Starbucks coffee and muffin. This guy is a massive, massive ex-linebacker dude who always has his Venti NFSVL and muffin each morning. Or better yet, tell any business person, regardless of color, to toss their morning coffee and breakfast.

IDGAF if it's the "law" or not. I've been stuck on those trains too many times not to have an emergency bottle of water and food in my bag. Also, I never think twice about eating or drinking on the train. If a cop told me to throw my stuff away, I'd probably laugh in his face and get arrested. Like for real? How about you go look for the real criminals... the rapists, those attacking people for no reason, the thugs who hang out at the fare machines to grab money and run, etc. Food crumbs on those POS trains is the least of their worries. Did they even have one line that ran smoothly every morning last week or this week?

DC's new head guy seems great. Now he needs to bring in some help from NYC and Chicago to teach these idiots how to run a mass transportation system. First rule... don't buy trains with GD carpet!

You are an idiot. Read the article before you comment!!! She was taken off to the side because SHE JUMPED THE TURNSTILE!! Then they asked her to get rid of the food. NO! We need to see your student ID? NO! Not only did commit two crimes, she was cursing, resisting and not complying. She had very right to get arrested. Do you believe every teen should just be allowed to steal and wreak havoc. Security and police should only look for rapists? What if they stole your phone or purse? Hmm, not a big enough crime, right?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trains don't work, people get raped, real crime occurs - kid with food gets targeted


https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/metro-transit-police-arrest-teenager-for-carrying-chips-and-lollipop-into-station/2016/10/19/1360a014-9627-11e6-bb29-bf2701dbe0a3_story.html?hpid=hp_local-news_metro-635pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

Metro Transit Police are being criticized for excessive use of force after a video posted Tuesday showed an officer pushing and tripping a high school student, knocking her to the ground, after she refused to throw away a bag of potato chips and a lollipop.

The three-minute video, posted by a member of the District’s Black Lives Matter chapter, shows the 18-year-old in handcuffs, surrounded by three police officers, just outside the fare gates at Columbia Heights station.

I remember bringing a banana in the metro and an officer coming up to me and saying "please discard the banana or we will have to fine you." Bam! Apologized, said I completely forgot (which I did) and threw it away. You know what they said back "Have a nice day." Done and over.

All I see here is complete disrespect and her not complying with the Metro rules or direct security/police orders. My child would NEVER act that way towards a police officer. If she did, I would expect this to happen, apologize to them for her wasting their time with her behavior, make her apologize directly for her behavior, and also make sure she had enough community service hours cleaning the same metro station she completely made a fool of herself in.

But for some reason, there are people in this world that believe that they don't have to comply with rules or orders and can come and go as they please. Then play victim when an officer does anything. I am sure her mom will be just like her and turn this into a circus. You can hear the man video taping in the background "she is just a little girl." No, she was a straight up B with attitude, fighting with police, and cursing like a sailor. That is not a little girl.

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Self-entitled trash is what she is. Just adding to the stereotype that hardworking African Americans are trying to get rid of.

How does that work? Because all African Americans are the same and some random girl in the Metro station represents all of them?

No but if the entire country continues to see AA's disrespect police and have people videotaping saying "she is only a little girl" after she jumped the turnstile, eating, cursing, and fighting, then you are enabling others to increase this attitude and it is becoming harder and harder for everyone (cops and civilians) to not regard race into their decisions. AA's like this girl are making BLM worse and the fact someone video tapes it to show she was wronged and not just a B, is even worse.

Your ignorance is so astounding it's unbelievable. I see a lot of white people acting crazy on youtube, so now I regard all white people as lunatics.
You realize your point is asinine, don't you?

Please post all the crazy white teens refusing to put down guns, act out, cursing, disobeying the rules, and throwing a fit like this lunatic did against police. Every episode I see of teens in school with police officers, they are black. Sorry it is that way. Media loves it and the culture is continuing down that path.

Let me ask you, is this girl acting this way because of racism or is there racism because of girls like her?

Oh my god you are truly sick. A belligerent teen is now responsible for racism and you get all your ideas about black folk from world star hip hop.
You need Jesus and a brain.

I'm a black female, and I'm sick and tired of our race saying, "Yeah but white people..." at every turn, as if the black community does not have some very REAL and serious issues. Unfortunately, they will not be addressed as long as we play victim and refuse to acknowledge it. The PP has a point. Her behavior does make the race look bad and it does support stereotypes. Sure teens of other races can be ridiculous assholes, but her behavior is sadly typical of what I saw as a teacher in DCPS (and the reason I left). Let's not pretend otherwise.

What I am trying not to pretend is that your statement is totally ridiculous.
1) Just because you are black does not mean your point is a ridiculous stereotype

2) what "black community" Donald Trump? Not all black people live in the same "community" We don't all live in crime infested inner cities and we are not all uneducated

3) Not all black teens are belligerent, just like not all white college boys are swimming rapists

4) DCPS students do not represent all black teens, maybe you need to get out more and meet some more black folk, most especially black teens, they don't happen to all behave the same

5) Knowing 500 black teens with similiar behaviour, does not mean you get to generalize about the millions of black teens that don't act like that or know the ones who do act an ass

6) Only small, lazy minds take the behaviour of a few as an excuse to generalize about the many who happen to share the same gender, race, ethnic background, religion, etc.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did they have the right to search her bag without her permission and a warrant?

Chips? Food? Its against the rules but is it against the law?

Officer safety; exigent circumstances.

[Anonymous]

Commute everyday and never. Ever. See people eat. Sometimes evenings I see teens eat. It is not widespread in the redline or orange out of VA

[Anonymous]

There are many many dcps students that travel to school in large packs. During certain times of the day you can assume an African American youth is a dcps student with about 90% surety.

Stereotypes on race aside. Normally they are pretty poorly behaved

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are many many dcps students that travel to school in large packs. During certain times of the day you can assume an African American youth is a dcps student with about 90% surety.

Stereotypes on race aside. Normally they are pretty poorly behaved

Well, yes - most teens moving in packs are pretty poorly behaved in one way or another. A friend and I made the mistake of going to Busch Gardens on Band Day. There were hordes of teens (mostly white) that were obnoxious and loud as hell (sound familiar?). They were cursing, impolite, blocking paths so that people couldn't get by...

We laughed and reminisced about being a stupid teenager and kept moving.

[Anonymous]

^^ however in DC I have felt threatened and afraid of certain packs of young teenagers. Definitely different from the silly stuff that can be laughed off easily.

The police should be around to show kids how to act in public. Especially around other adults in a commuting situon.

It takes a village to raise a child

[Anonymous]

Well, yes - most teens moving in packs are pretty poorly behaved in one way or another. A friend and I made the mistake of going to Busch Gardens on Band Day. There were hordes of teens (mostly white) that were obnoxious and loud as hell (sound familiar?). They were cursing, impolite, blocking paths so that people couldn't get by...

We laughed and reminisced about being a stupid teenager and kept moving.

I don't know about "most" but some teens are well behaved on metro. I know there have been some stories about misbehaving Gonzaga boys on metro, but from what I've seen (Red Line from Silver Spring), the Gonzaga boys were a well-behaved crew (even giving up seat to me when I was pregnant). It actually made the thought cross my mind: what nice boys. Boys of all different races, BTW.

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[Anonymous]

Are the gonzaga boys white?

[Anonymous]

Behavior gets worse around metro center of teen students in packs.